>Did anyone else think most of the "action" scenes (especially
>the earliest ones) were borderline poorly done? I mean, to me,
>they were pretty unremarkable: overly fast editing, shaky cam,
>quick zooms and pans, etc. It wasn't really clear to me where
>the fuck anyone was or who was doing what to whom.

so agreed. incoherent quick cuts without a sense of space has become the staple for most blockbuster action movies; that style displaced bullet-time as the go-to technique whenever a director can't shoot a fight.

it's gotten even harder to watch after seeing the brilliant action from The Raid 2.